Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-20
News by. Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
FRYE ON THE TARIFF.
Home Markets For Home
Products.
THE RAILWAY MYSTERY over.
An English Woman The
Victim.
CLEVELAND EN- ROUTE HOME, |
The Liberals A Party Of
Peace.
CLEVELAND EN- ROUTE HOME.
HOME MARKETS oR HOME GOODS

HOME MARKETS FOE HOME GOODS
Senator Frye Makes a Powerful Plea
| for Protection at the Banquet of the
| Home Market Club.
BOSTON, Oct. 19.-The inaugural banquet
of the Home Market club at the Hotel Ven
dome tonight was quite as successful an sf
fair as those having the arrangements in
charge could have hoped it would be. 1t
may be opportunity explained here that the
HONS Market club is organization which
has for its object the spread of the protec-
tive tariff doctrine, its purposes being ad-
mirably set forth in its motto of t'Home
markets for home products; home markets
for home capital; home markets for home
| labor" The idea of the formation of the
| club originated with the Hon. George Draper,
| of Hopedale, but he died before its organ
| ization. Among those in attendance were
Hon. w. P. Frye of Maine, Hon. John D.
Long, Hon. George F. Hoar, Hon. Rufus S.
Frost, Hon. F. w. Rockwell, Hon. Henry
Cabot Lodge, Hon. O. Il. Platt of Connecti-
cut, Robert P. Porter of Philadelphia, Cen
eral W. F. Draper, E. Il. Ammidown, presi-
dent of the American Protective Tariff
| league; T. S. Search, president of the Phila-
| delphia Textile association; Hon. J. A. Chase
| of Rhode Island, Hon. E. D. Hayden, Hon.
| F. D. Ely Hon. w. w. Rice, Hon. R. 7.
| Davis, Hon. F. L. Burden. Hon. Byron Wes-
| ton, Hon. J. G. Bennett, Hon. w. Fl. Hale,
Hon. George R. Marsden, Hon. q. g.
knight, Hon. E. A. Morse, Hon. R. o. Full
/ Ter, Hon. Cakes Ames, Hon. Francis Bige-
low, Hon L. T. Jefts and Hon. John c.
Milne.
When the menu had been finished Presi-
dent Merrick introduced Senator Frye, who /
was received with great applause. The
Maine senator said he had been asked to give
his views of protection as result of his
observations abroad. He had observed a
great many things when in Europe, but
chiefly he had closely watched men, women |
and things rather than cathedrals, art gal
leries and museums He said he knew well |
the temptations to which a public speaker |
was subject to exaggerate, but the figures |
he knew were so great that it held no temp
tations longer He spoke of the enormous /
resources of the United States. He said that /
Texas alone could produce enough cotton to
supply not only the United States, but the
entire world. We had here iron, COAL cop
per, zinc, salt and every mineral and every |
other natural product under the sun, while
we could raise enough wool TO supply our
own needs and the needs of every nation on /
earth-that is, if the Democrats did not get it
on the free list. Yet notwithstanding all
these wonderful resources we imported mil
lions of dollars worth of all these products |
last year; and why? Why, because labor in
Europe is SO cheap that they can msnufac |
ture goods of American raw material, export |
them to the United States under low tariff, |
send those same manufactures into competi- |
ton with our own manufactured products, 1
and beat US in our own markets. protect
i've tariff, sufficiently protective, would rem
worse. The Senator spoke of a visit
he had made since his return to an
American watch factory. where he had seen |
a screw so infnitisimal that the thread was |
the work of making them, 81, 600 900 per |
ton. In the earth before the metal had been |
mined it was not worth more than So per ton.
This shows that labor is the chief factor in
production in this country. He drew pic |
ture of the condition of the Iaboring classes |
in Europe. He referred to the cotton facto- |
ries he had visited where the operatives made
an average of less than thirty cents per day |
and, by the way, he paid high tribute to
King Humbsrt, saying that that monarch was
one of the greatest rulers of Europe since he
had realized the necessity of providing work |
for the idlers of the kingdom by establishing
factories throughout the country. Now since
cotton is being manufactured in Italy with |
labor worth less than thirty cents
day what is to prevent competition in the |
market that produces the raw cotton and |
manufactures it but protective tariff. He |
visited q lace factory in Venice and in one
room he saw some two hundred women max
ing lace worth from 81 to $500 yard. One
woman, who he was told was the most ex- |
pert, received the magnificent compensation |
of twelve cents day, while the average |
throughout the factory was ten cents day
and between six and seven cents for girls. |
The average wages of the workingmen in
Germany were not overi$125 year, while the
German workingwomen received not over $50
a year. In Prussia he was told the average
for men was not over $1O5 year. So it was
throughout the continent The wages in
England were not half what they were in the
United States, while in Ireland there were
no wages worthy the name. Women
and mea worked in the field for less than
twenty cents day, while thousands and |
tens of thousands of the Irish |
people were on the verge of starvation This |
was the condition to which the free trader |
sought to bring the American laborer The |
speaker referred to the fact that the products |
of Europe could be poured into our markets
within ten days; that according to freight
charges Manchester, England, was three
times nearer New York than was San Fran
cisco, with the idea of showing the neeessi-
ty for protecting our home markets.
E: ii. Ammidown, president of the Ameri-
can Protective Tariff league of New York,
was introduced as protective tariff patri-
arch and his appearance created great deal
of enthusiasm. His address was statistical,
showing the advancement made in educating
the homemasses in the necessity for greater
protection of home industries.
Letters of regret at their inability to at
tend the banquet, most of which contained
more or less extensive arguments in favor of
protection, were read from Governor Ames,
Senators: Sherman, Allison, Dawes and AL
drich, Congressman Reed, Mayor Hewitt,
James NJ. Shank of Philadelphia and Stewart
L. Woodford of New York.
George F. Hoar spoke briefly. Mr.. Rob-
ert P. Porter of the Philadelphia Press was
introduced and spoke at some length, dwell
ing particularly upon the necessity for or
ganized effort in educating the people up to
protection. Addresses were also made by |
Hon. o. II. Platt of Connecticut, Hon. Hem
ry Cabot Lodge and number of others.
One More Depository Bank.
WASHINGTON Oct 19-The National Bank